Author: FE Week Reporter

A troupe of Derbyshire dancers will be leaping into action with a ten-day dance tour of their community exploring themes of communication and change. More than 40 dancers from Burton and South Derbyshire College (BSDC) will visit schools and community groups to celebrate dance in education and showcasing imaginative choreography inspired by sign language, shorthand […]

Two Cheshire students will be passing on a message of tolerance to fellow learners after becoming ambassadors for a holocaust remembrance project. Charlotte McCourt and Ryan Stephan, both 17, have been chosen to take part in the Lessons From Auschwitz project and have visited the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland and attended seminars to learn […]

Creative industries students in London brought some sparkle to winter at Brent Cross shopping centre with a showcase of live music, photography and fashion. The winter showcase was themed ‘glitz and glamour’ and combined the talents of creative learners from Barnet and Southgate College, with fashion and hairdressing students modelling their own designs as well […]

Young West Midland chefs added a touch of spice to their cooking when they received a master class in Indian cookery from professional chefs. The catering students at Walsall Collage were shown how to prepare a range of mouth-watering Indian dishes by experts from award-winning local restaurant Five Rivers á La Carte. Catering student Siana […]

Budding designers in London are saying “We can do it!” in a bid to encourage young people to take up apprenticeships. Apprentices at Fashion Factory, Fashion Enter, are part of a campaign to mark the opening of applications for Creative Skillset’s new higher level apprenticeship in fashion and textiles. Kristen Lucas, 19, a current Fashion […]

Young beauticians in London got to share their caring side when they offered free treatments to a group of carers. The level two and three beauty students from the College of North West London invited the carers, who look after ill, elderly or disabled relatives or friends, into the campus salon. Maggie Barth, head of […]

It was lights, camera, action in Hampshire when media students had the chance to put apprentice footballers on the spot as part of a joint training exercise. Media students studying a BTec level three diplomas at Farnborough College of Technology filmed 17 Aldershot Football Club apprentices being interviewed on a range of issues including racism, […]

Students in the South West have been putting their thinking caps on in record numbers to raise awareness of the environment and sustainability. More than 1,500 students and staff from across Wiltshire College’s 10 campuses donned specially made paper hats in an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the most people wearing recyclable […]